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Toyota Aims to Deliver FT-1’s Virtual Performance for Realhttp://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/06/toyota-orders-second-ft-1-concept-hinting-production.html
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/06/toyota-orders-second-ft-1-concept-hinting-production.html#commentsWed, 04 Jun 2014 17:40:10 +0000http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/?p=246707Toyota Aims to Deliver FT-1’s Virtual Performance for RealToyota might be making serious moves toward a production version of the FT-1 concept that set Detroit ablaze last January. In what look like scanned pages of MotorTrend’s July issue, the magazine reports that Toyota Motor Sales – the company’s U.S. arm – is rumored to have ordered a second copy of the FT-1 concept... more]]>

Toyota might be making serious moves toward a production version of the FT-1 concept that set Detroit ablaze last January.

In what look like scanned pages of MotorTrend’s July issue, the magazine reports that Toyota Motor Sales – the company’s U.S. arm – is rumored to have ordered a second copy of the FT-1 concept in a different color following overwhelmingly positive feedback on the auto show circuit. The same report suggests that Toyota is working on a wide-body race car version in a video game tie-up, possibly with the Gran Turismo racing franchise.

MotorTrend opines that a second concept car being ordered signals Toyota taking a more serous look at building what was originally meant to be a design study because that would mean the company greenlit additional spending on the project. Word is, Toyota wants to shoot for the 2,900-lb weight and 485-hp output rating that the FT-1 Concept claims in Gran Turismo 6.

There still isn’t any word on what might power the car, but Toyota is currently working with BMW to co-develop a sports car. Bavarian Motor Works is currently using a turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine to power its newM3 and M4 siblings, so it isn’t outlandish to imagine that engine showing up in Toyota’s yet-unnamed sports car. In the BMW application, the engine pushes out 425 hp, which would put the FT-1 in spitting distance of that goal before any sort of enhancements.